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I have to say, Bell, Book and Candle remains one of my personal holiday must sees. I think I've posted about this before, but it bears repeating given that right now it's the holidays and most theaters are filled with the usual, as I see it, over-priced fare which are about as meaningful as a drive-thru fast food meal. Bell, Book and Candle remains just as magical and timelessly charming today as it was the year it opened. True, Jimmy Stewart is about 15 years past his prime for being cast as Novak's love interest, but he's still just as adorable as always in his graying sort-of way. However, Kim Novak casts an eternal spell on us all when she graces the screen as a witch who has fallen in love with a mere mortal while hailing from her own wacky witchy family with it's wacky witch rules. (Something we can all relate to. The witch part, I mean.) Add to this story the combined comedic talents of Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Elsa Lanche

A few train stops through some of my favorite cities via Eurythmic's "This City Never Sleeps" Possibly my favorite version: New York (fast) New York, Paris... New Orleans I guess it's just a feeling...

Well, the great journey has commenced and after all the interviews, the driving, the meetings the deep thoughts from Eric, Mark and Em, we followed the merry trio back to the home of all great art, Los Angeles. Here in LA, Mr. Schaeffer had a screening of all his dates in Los Angeles to get a democratic perspective, aka, votes from his friends, to modify what he was going to do anyway. But, not before the following: Remember the woman, Erin, from our last segment? The woman he improvised an interview with on his way to meet with his Colorado date, Lauren? You know, the one I said was interesting and complex? Yeah, apparently Eric remembered Erin, from his previous segment, too. And before he could even get out of Colorado Eric inexplicably begins to spew a gross, lurid sex-fantasy ramble about, not the he was on a date with that night, but "a dream" about her girl friend, who did nothing at all but answer a few questions of Eric on his way into the date. It was b

Here's the deal: When you marry a journalist, you may not get to drive a fancy car, but if you're lucky you may occasionally get tickets to fun things. This has been a good year for this. For instance, this weekend we both got to see Ricky Gervais in his Out Of England Tour . Better yet, it was at the Kodak theater , so I got to experience not just one hilarious show, but also see it at the famous Kodak Theatre where they also have the Oscars! Very exciting stuff, for me. For the record it was a terrific show. Ricky Gervais did not disappoint. He was engaging and funny throughout the show. The time just flew by and we both loved every minute. I was especially impressed how so often he remained the "straight man" (and I don't mean "not gay") during what was essentially one long monologue. That's not easy. But, he pulled it off with ease. For instance, he has a very funny bit about "going commando." The whole thing is mostly his re